Aqua Metals, Inc.

Report azionario NasdaqCM:AQMS

Capitalizzazione di mercato: US$13.3m

Aqua Metals Performance degli utili passati

Criteri Il passato verificati 0/6

Gli utili di Aqua Metals sono diminuiti a un tasso medio annuo di -2.7%, mentre il settore Commercial Services ha visto gli utili crescere a un tasso medio annuo di 9.7%. I ricavi sono cresciuti diminuire a un tasso medio annuo di 59.9%.

Informazioni chiave

-2.72%

Tasso di crescita degli utili

22.89%

Tasso di crescita dell'EPS

Commercial Services Crescita del settore8.53%
Tasso di crescita dei ricavi-59.86%
Rendimento del capitale proprio-139.30%
Margine netton/a
Ultimo aggiornamento sugli utili31 Mar 2026

Aggiornamenti sulle prestazioni recenti

Recent updates

Articolo di analisi • Nov 05

Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQMS) Shares Could Be 36% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Aqua Metals fair value estimate is US$3.90 Aqua Metals...
Articolo di analisi • Dec 06

Is Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) A Risky Investment?

Legendary fund manager Li Lu (who Charlie Munger backed) once said, 'The biggest investment risk is not the volatility...
Articolo di analisi • Jun 30

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Is Carrying A Fair Bit Of Debt

David Iben put it well when he said, 'Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the...
Articolo di analisi • Feb 28

Is Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...
Seeking Alpha • Sep 01

Aqua Metals enters into $6M interim loan agreement

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) signs a non-binding agreement with Alpen Mortgage, for a $6M loan secured by the company’s AquaRefinery building. The loan is expected to close and fund in late September, is expected to provide a non-dilutive path to expand the company’s cash position and ensure sufficient resources to reach revenue generation. “This transaction is expected to provide additional liquidity, giving us a clear pathway and sufficient resources to advance our economically and environmentally superior lithium-ion battery recycling process from our successful bench scale operations program to our pilot scale plant and ultimately revenue generation beginning later this year.” commented Steve Cotton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aqua Metals.
Articolo di analisi • Jul 22

We're Keeping An Eye On Aqua Metals' (NASDAQ:AQMS) Cash Burn Rate

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, biotech and...
Seeking Alpha • Jul 21

Aqua Metals and Dragonfly sign LOI for supplying lithium hydroxide

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) entered into a non-binding letter of intent for supplying lithium hydroxide to Dragonfly. Under the agreement, Dragonfly would purchase commercial quantities of lithium hydroxide from Aqua Metals to support the company's ongoing development of its solid state lithium-ion battery technologies and future manufacturing activities, as well as providing recycling services. The company expects to commence production of its solid-state pilot line in 2023, with a supply of lithium hydroxide from Aqua Metals to commence at the time of full-scale manufacturing.
Seeking Alpha • Jun 29

Aqua Metals: History Rhymes And I'm Bearish

Aqua Metals is pivoting to lithium-ion battery energy recycling using its AquaRefining technology. However, this technology didn’t live up to expectations when the company used it for lead recycling. In addition, Aqua Metals and its partner LiNiCo have no significant feedstock supply partners or funding. I don't think the business of Aqua Metals is worth much in its current state, and the short borrow fee rate is below 5%. Introduction I've covered two lithium-ion battery recycling companies on SA so far - Li-Cycle Holdings (LICY) here, and American Battery Technology Company (OTCQB:ABML) here. Today, I want to talk about a company from this sector in which I was an investor briefly back in 2016 - Aqua Metals (AQMS). I think that its lead-acid battery was a failure, and I doubt that the pivot to lithium-ion batteries is going to work. The company doesn't have the funds nor the partnerships to compete with industry leaders like Li-Cycle and Redwood Materials. I'm bearish but it could be dangerous to open a Short position as the share prices of microcaps sometimes increase for spurious and unknown reasons. Let's review. Overview of the business and financials To explain why I think Aqua Metals doesn't have a bright future, I have to go back to the beginning and how its lead recycling business failed. The company was founded in 2014, and it has developed a closed-loop, water-based process for the recycling of lead-acid batteries called AquaRefining. It was touted as the first commercially viable alternative lead-acid battery recycling technology and won the Rising Star category in the 2016 Platts Global Metals Awards program. In 2015, Aqua Metals raised $30 million in an IPO on NASDAQ, and it started building its first facility which would have a production capacity of 80/t per day Aqua Metals The projected financials looked great as the initial CAPEX was just $28.5 million and the project was expected to start generating annual EBIT of almost $15 million by its fourth year. The reason these figures looked so good was because the process was supposed to be less energy-intensive than smelting and half of the produced lead would be ultrapure, which sells for a premium of about 15%. Aqua Metals Aqua Metals was thinking big, and it had already picked 8 potential AquaRefinery sites in the USA alone at the time of its listing. The lead market is worth over $20 billion and the company was aiming to revolutionize it. Aqua Metals However, it just didn't work out. There were technical issues, including recovered lead hanging up on the exit chutes of the modules, and the company was already talking about a retro-fit in December 2017. And this took time as 24/7 production on more than 1 module was achieved in April 2019. However, the financial performance of the recycling facility was nowhere near the initial forecasts, and Aqua Metals had quarterly revenues of just over $2 million by the time the plant burned down. Aqua Metals Yes, you read that right - the plant burned down in December 2019 and Aqua Metals didn't put it back into production. At least, it collected $30.25 million in insurance payments. So, what did the company do after that? Well, it decided to pursue a strategy of licensing its AquaRefining technology, but it didn't manage to find buyers. In light of the issues experienced by Aqua Metals itself, I find this unsurprising. Yet, this doesn't stop the company from saying in its latest corporate presentation that it's leading a revolution in lead recycling. And now, it also has lithium-ion batteries in the mix. In February 2021, Aqua Metals bought a 10% stake in a company named LiNiCo for $2 million in shares and said that it planned to apply its intellectual property to lithium-ion battery recycling. LiNiCo is a small company that claims to have developed recycling technology based on a co-precipitation process and control system which can produce 99.9% pure battery cathode. The remaining 90% of the company is owned by Comstock Mining (LODE), which has a market valuation of less than $50 million as of the time of writing. Aqua Metals has leased its own facility to LiNiCo and the latter plans to have a feedstock crushing capacity of over 35,000 tons by the second half of 2022. Here are some of the issues though. First, the companies plan to source the necessary lithium-ion feedstock from battery manufacturing scrap, but there are no announced suppliers. For comparison, Li-Cycle has already secured over 40 commercial contracts and off-take agreements through 2030. Second, LiNiCo plans to produce black mass which Aqua Metals will then process into e high purity metals including nickel and cobalt using the same technology which didn't work for lead recycling. Third, I don't think LiNiCo or Aqua Metals have the funding to pull it off. You see, Aqua Metals and Comstock paid for their stakes in LiNiCo using shares, and it's unclear how much money the latter has left. Aqua Metals, in turn, had just $9 million in cash left as of March 2022 as most of that insurance money is now gone. At the moment, the company has a quarterly loss of just over $4 million. Aqua Metals In my view, the future of Aqua Metals includes more of what we've seen over the past several years - underdelivering and stock dilution. Overall, I think that the business is close to worthless in its current form. So, how do you play this? Well, data from Fintel shows that the short borrow fee rate is 4.68% as of the time of writing, so short selling is a viable option. I think that it's a good idea to hedge the risk with some call options, but unfortunately, the lowest available strike price here is $2.50. Seeking Alpha This is an issue because the share prices of microcaps can soar without any news or catalysts and this can lead to significant losses for short sellers. Aqua Metals itself is a good example of this as its share price sextupled between November 2020 and February 2021.
Seeking Alpha • Feb 16

Aqua Metals, Down 82%, Still Don't Quite Buy The Story

A year back, I looked at Aqua Metals and said that I just didn't quite buy the story. The stock is down 82% since then which might show the value of skeptical analysis. I'm still skeptical, I can't see anything here to make me change my mind.
Articolo di analisi • Feb 01

Companies Like Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Are In A Position To Invest In Growth

We can readily understand why investors are attracted to unprofitable companies. For example, biotech and mining...
Articolo di analisi • Oct 15

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. By way of example, Aqua...
Seeking Alpha • Aug 22

Aqua Metals, Inc. - Nibble The Stock For A Covered Call Sale And Monitor For Trading

I illustrate my purchase of 100 shares of Aqua Metals, followed by the sale of a covered call. This represents a very low-risk investment with a very favorable return. I like the fundamentals, analyst price targets, and the most recent press release. I may purchase additional shares for a long-term buy-and-hold and/or to sell additional covered calls options. Note, also, that the stock price-per-share reacts slowly to favorable press releases, providing an opportunity for day-trading.
Articolo di analisi • Jul 02

We're Not Very Worried About Aqua Metals' (NASDAQ:AQMS) Cash Burn Rate

There's no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. For example, Aqua Metals...
Articolo di analisi • May 03

Analysts Expect Breakeven For Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQMS) Before Long

With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at Aqua Metals, Inc.'s...

Ripartizione dei ricavi e delle spese

Come Aqua Metals guadagna e spende denaro. In base agli ultimi utili dichiarati, su base LTM.

Storico di utili e ricavi

NasdaqCM:AQMS Ricavi, spese e utili (USD Millions )
DataRicaviUtiliSpese G+ASpese di R&S
31 Mar 260-18111
31 Dec 250-23101
30 Sep 250-26101
30 Jun 250-28101
31 Mar 250-27111
31 Dec 240-25122
30 Sep 240-27122
30 Jun 240-26122
31 Mar 240-25122
31 Dec 230-24122
30 Sep 230-18112
30 Jun 230-17112
31 Mar 230-16102
31 Dec 220-15102
30 Sep 220-16102
30 Jun 220-14102
31 Mar 220-19101
31 Dec 210-18101
30 Sep 210-29101
30 Jun 210-2991
31 Mar 210-2591
31 Dec 200-2691
30 Sep 201-22121
30 Jun 203-31161
31 Mar 204-38181
31 Dec 195-45192
30 Sep 195-47192
30 Jun 194-45163
31 Mar 193-44154
31 Dec 184-40125
30 Sep 184-3495
30 Jun 184-3196
31 Mar 184-2977
31 Dec 172-2778
30 Sep 171-2479
30 Jun 171-2279
31 Mar 170-1669
31 Dec 160-1476
30 Sep 160-1174
30 Jun 160-1072
31 Mar 160-1070

Guadagni di qualità: AQMS al momento non è redditizia.

Margine di profitto in crescita: AQMS al momento non è redditizia.

Flusso di cassa libero e analisi degli utili

Analisi della crescita degli utili nel passato

Andamento degli utili: AQMS non è redditizia e le perdite sono aumentate negli ultimi 5 anni a un tasso pari a 2.7% all'anno.

Accelerare la crescita: Impossibile confrontare la crescita degli utili di AQMS nell'ultimo anno con la sua media quinquennale poiché al momento non è redditizia

Guadagni vs Settore: AQMS non è redditizia, il che rende difficile confrontare la crescita dei suoi utili dell'anno passato con il settore Commercial Services ( 7.2% ).

Rendimento del capitale proprio

ROE elevato: AQMS ha un Return on Equity negativo ( -139.3% ), in quanto al momento non è redditizio.

Rendimento delle attività

Rendimento del capitale investito

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Analisi aziendale e situazione dei dati finanziari

DatiUltimo aggiornamento (ora UTC)
Analisi dell'azienda2026/05/24 20:04
Prezzo dell'azione a fine giornata2026/05/22 00:00
Utili2026/03/31
Utili annuali2025/12/31

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  • Team di leadership
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  • Annunci aziendali

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Fonti analitiche

Aqua Metals, Inc. è coperta da 4 analisti. 0 di questi analisti ha fornito le stime di fatturato o di utile utilizzate come input per il nostro report. Le stime degli analisti vengono aggiornate nel corso della giornata.

AnalistaIstituzione
Michael LeggBenchmark Company
Jeffrey GramppNorthland Capital Markets
Pierre MaccagnoNorthland Capital Markets